This Friday, the Kremlin qualified the decision of UEFA to withdraw the final of the 2021/22 Champions League from Saint Petersburg, attributing it to Paris, in this case the Stade de France, due to the Russian military offensive. in Ukraine.
“It is regrettable that such a decision was taken. St Petersburg could have offered ideal conditions for a great football spectacle,” criticized Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov shortly after UEFA’s announcement.
The day after having “vehemently condemned the military invasion”, UEFA met the executive committee to assess the situation in Ukraine, deciding to withdraw from Russia the organization of the Champions League final, scheduled for 28 May.
The stadium that would host the final in St Petersburg is named after energy giant Gazprom, one of UEFA’s main sponsors since 2012.
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